In the northern grasslands in October, the northwest wind continued to howl with a biting chill, causing the grass to wither, and the wild beasts were nowhere to be found, except for the two goshawks still hovering in the sky, still looking for prey to eat.

Suddenly, one of the eagles spotted a flock of lambs moving forward, and when he flicked his wings, he quickly swooped down on his target. With the grip of the eagle's claws, it is enough to grab a calf of more than 100 catties directly into the air, so in its opinion, it will be able to successfully capture a delicious meal.

But just as it was about to catch its prey, there was a sudden shout from the side, accompanied by the sudden sound of the bowstring, and a sharp arrow whistling faster than it. This really frightened the goshawk, and with a sharp cry, he spread his wings and fanned hard, and his body, which was still rapidly falling, stopped, and then he quickly rose into the air with a snort, narrowly avoiding this fatal arrow.

Frightened by this, the goshawk knew that it was not advisable to stay in this place for a long time, and no longer bothered to hunt the lambs, and after another sharp cry, he quickly swept away. Seeing this scene, the Mongolian man who had released the arrow before couldn't help but snort a little unwillingly: "This beast, I still let you dodge." As he spoke, he turned back with some impatience and glanced at the yurts not far away, which was the military camp of the Tatars on their expedition to the Ming Kingdom.

In order to attack the Great Wall this time, the little Tatar prince Boyan Mengke gathered more than ten large and small tribes and tens of thousands of elites. This can really be regarded as the strongest attack launched by the grassland tribes against the Ming Kingdom in the past ten years, compared to the past offensives, which can only be regarded as a small fight.

Because in the past, the people who attacked the border passes of the Ming Kingdom were just to loot some property and food, or to plunder the population as slaves, and there was no intention of conquering the city at all. This time, the little prince personally led the army to a much larger plan, he not only wanted to obtain more benefits, but also hoped to weigh the strength of the Ming border army with this battle, and set the tone for the overall strategy in the future.

Decades have passed since the Wara Taishi also led the army to attack the city of Beijing, but finally returned with a feather in the feathers, and the situation of the heroes on the grassland has also tended to be unified with the strong rise of the little prince Boyan Mengke, at this time he naturally wants to trace the footprints of his ancestors, and covets the Central Plains rivers and mountains that are close at hand.

What prompted him to make this decision was some rumors that had been passed back to the grasslands - it was said that the current Ming Emperor was a mediocre and incompetent absurd emperor who only knew how to play and play, even worse than the original Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty. Since this is the case, Boyan feels that he has the opportunity to re-follow the path of his ancestors and embark on the road of unifying the Central Plains again.

Even if there was a rebellion in the Tasu tribe during this period, he still did not change his decision, and even calculated and sent a nail into the Great Wall. But even so, because of the great plan, he is still cautious, do not dare to act rashly, until today he led the army to the expedition has been nearly a month, but except for sending a group of men and horses to pursue the defected Tasu remnants, he did not really launch an attack on the border defense of the Ming Great Wall dozens of miles away, but was waiting for a better opportunity to appear and find the biggest weakness of the Great Wall.

While many of the tribal warriors didn't quite understand their Great Khan's thoughts, the little prince didn't take it too seriously. He was still quite confident in his prestige, and as long as he didn't nod his head, these people would be like horses with haltered heads, and they could only stay here obediently, waiting for the time to come.

And the little prince himself, at this time, was in the generous and extravagant golden tent, constantly discussing the next battle strategy with several of his cronies. This large tent that emits golden reflections in the sunlight is said to be the treasure tent handed down by Genghis Khan, and is the status symbol of the Great Khan of the Mongolian steppe, and only the most noble people of the golden family are worthy of owning it and living in this tent.

At this time, in this gorgeous tent, there are five sturdy Mongolian men, the first is a middle-aged man in his forties, with a well-proportioned body, rough facial features but shrewd, is the Great Khan of the Tatar Department, and the little prince is fierce. Don't look at him being called the little prince, in fact, he is not young at all, and he does not have the appearance of a prince charming, he is the purest grassland strong man.

The five of them were gathered in front of a huge sheepskin map, which, although it looked simple, still marked the specific locations of many important border cities along the Great Wall of the Ming Kingdom, and the authentic Mongolian script was used on it, which was created by the sage Phags-pa.

"Bohuer, your people have been to Datong, do you think we have a chance of winning if we go all out to attack this city?" The little prince turned his head to look at one of his subordinates with a serious expression.

Bohuer's face suddenly turned red, but he was also a responsible man, even if he was embarrassed, he still told the truth: "Great Khan, that Datong heard that it is one of the most important border cities in the Ming Kingdom, and there are nearly 100,000 defenders among them, even if we try our best, it will be impossible to capture it." Nearly half of the men and horses I brought with me were folded under this city, which also confirmed this. ”

"In that case, not only is Datong not a target that can be attacked, but even places such as Xuanfu, which is as famous as it, are not suitable targets." The little prince's gaze was a little on several locations on the map. Everyone else subconsciously nodded in agreement, after so many years, the Mongolian people have not been able to bargain in these important border towns, even if they were killed directly under the city of Beijing back then, and they did not break such an important gate.

"Then you have to start with a small pass. Bauhinia Pass ...... If we can break through this hurdle like the first in the past, then the city of Beijing will be in front of us. And I won't be as stupid as Ye Xian, I put so many good places in the Central Plains and didn't grab them, and I only stared at the onslaught of Beijing, and finally fell short. The little prince pointed to one of them again and said his opinion.

This time, the others all showed hesitation, and after a while, someone said: "I'm afraid there is a difficulty, I heard that the country has strengthened the garrison of Bauhinia Pass since that time, and it is not easy for us to break through this level." And the terrain there is not too suitable for our cavalry assault......"

"Yanmen Pass...... It's not far from us, and we don't have a lot of troops, so we might try to attack it. Another man suddenly pointed to another pass and offered his opinion.

"No, it's a little too biased here, even if you really win this level, the oil and water are not too much, and it can give Ming Guo enough time to react! If you just want to make some noise here, it's a good choice. The little prince shook his head and rejected the proposal.

This time, no one else could come up with a better idea. After all, although these Mongolians fought bravely, it was not their forte to really let them formulate strategies.

Just when the little prince was embarrassed and didn't know how to choose, one of his soldiers suddenly ran outside the tent door and reported: "Great Khan, there is a sudden urgent message from the south. As he spoke, he handed over a small sealed bamboo tube.

"Southern ......" The little prince's eyes suddenly lit up: "Isn't there any good news?" As he spoke, he stepped forward, took the bamboo tube, broke it with both hands, divided the bamboo tube into two parts, and took out the secret letter written in silk.

Over the years, with the continuous escalation of the secret struggle with the Ming Kingdom, the original honest grassland people have gradually become cunning, and they have also begun to try to continuously send secret agents and spies into various key passes, in order to achieve the effect of internal and external cooperation, knowing themselves and knowing each other. And after paying some price, these secret spies have gradually matured, and they can indeed bring all kinds of intelligence to the grassland tribes and provide a lot of help for their tactical formulation.

However, these spies rarely used flying pigeons to pass on books in the past, because this thing has not yet been fully mastered by the people. Only when the matter is extremely important and important, will the news be brought back with pigeons. So when the little prince saw the news that it was obviously transmitted back with a pigeon, their hearts were excited.

After the little prince quickly read the contents of the secret letter, his brows, which were still a little tangled, quickly stretched, and his face showed ecstasy: "Haha, it's really blessed by Immortal God, I didn't expect that this time I would encounter such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!" As he spoke, he quickly turned around, strode to the map again, his gaze quickly swept over it, and finally his finger was pointed at one of the passes: "This time we will attack here, hurry up and pass the order, in five days, my vanguard army will be driven here!" ”

Several other people hurriedly looked in the direction of his finger, and then shouted with some surprise: "Partial head? That pass is not easy to attack, and it is close to Datong, once we can't attack it for a long time, our situation will be dangerous. ”

"You don't know what an important person there is, and now the emperor of the Ming Kingdom is among them." The little prince waved his hand excitedly.

"Ah......" Everyone was dumbfounded, and their faces were incredulous.

The little prince said: "Not only that, but the Qinggel I sent is staying with the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom. As long as he finds an opportunity to kill the emperor of the Ming Kingdom, the entire Bitou Pass will inevitably be in chaos. At that time, don't say that I will raise a large army to attack, even if I only send a few hundred people, I can take down this pass where the army is in turmoil! ”

At this time, everyone finally understood, and suddenly they all became excited, and they agreed one after another. This is indeed a great opportunity that has never been seen before, as long as it can really succeed, not to mention a mere deviation, even the entire Central Plains may be overturned!

Soon, the sound of the horn sounded in the camp, and the Mongolian camp, which had been standing still for a long time, finally opened up and rushed towards the set goal......